>I'm guessing whoever has downvoted me is pretty young and/or still in school. […] I guess those early days seem to be a bit touchy because you feel like you have to prove yourself or something. :)
I don't think you're helping yourself…
You don't have to be young to find the following patronising:
>No cheating! :)
>If you don't know how to do this then I'm actually right about my assumption.
> There's nothing wrong with me proving my initial theory (and falsifying fabjan's hasty "you're wrong" post) that C.S. majors don't know as much about the inner workings of computers as C.E. majors.
Your initial comment was about the representation of integers, not all the inner workings of a computer. Or course I don't know all the details.
Computer Scientists are Formula One drivers, Electrical Engineers are the guys who change tires and fills the tank up in 4 seconds, which is awesome. I only speak the truth.
You offend anyone with a brain when you write blatantly wrong assumptions about how only the EE master race learn about how integers are represented.
Just where did you get the idea that an Elecrit Engineer knows more about the types in MySQL than a CS graduate does? You're also the one who brought up the whole education thing, as if the morons who programmed these silly systems that store telephone numbers as integers have any education.
